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Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation Selects Riverstone Networks and Lucent Technologies to Enable IPTV and VoIP Services
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and MURRAY HILL, N.J., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Riverstone Networks (RSTN.PK) and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation (ETC), an Indiana-based Independent Operating Company (IOC), has selected the two companies to enhance its network to enable new Ethernet and IP-based services, including IPTV and VoIP, to residential and business customers. The equipment, provided by Lucent as a Riverstone global reseller, will enable ETC to offer new services to subscribers in four Indiana counties, further enhancing ETC's portfolio.
ETC, which currently features both wireline and wireless voice services, DSL Internet access, security systems and web-based management systems, will deploy RS 8000 Ethernet aggregation routers from Riverstone to migrate its ATM infrastructure to Ethernet. This migration will not only give ETC the bandwidth and multiservice support necessary to expand its service offerings, but will also allow it to reduce operational expenses by converging its multiple networks onto a common Ethernet infrastructure, serving both residential and business services. The combination of ETC's progressive services and a highly efficient network, in turn, will help the small carrier remain competitive.
"After a thorough and comprehensive lab trial of multiple Ethernet solutions, Riverstone proved to be the best choice," said Chad Dieselberg, Engineering Manager for ETC. "The RS 8000 provides not only an economical and efficient service delivery platform, but a highly reliable and scalable one too. That's important because our customers, residential and business alike, demand value for their dollars and that means our network has to be able to support high-quality, next-generation services at a reasonable price."
"This contract highlights the benefits Lucent and Riverstone are delivering to operators," said Inbar Lasser-Raab, Vice President, Marketing, Riverstone Networks. "Riverstone and Lucent are committed to working together to meet our customers' needs as they evolve their networks to support Ethernet capabilities."
Riverstone's RS family of MPLS-based Ethernet routers provides a common carrier-grade feature set over a range of platforms, both small and large. As a result, smaller carriers can enjoy true carrier-grade reliability and Quality of Service (QoS) without having to super-size their networks.
In March 2005, Riverstone received a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) listing for both its RS and Riverstone 15000 product lines. Designed to increase the rate of broadband deployments in smaller communities, a RUS listing permits IOCs and Rural Local Exchange Carriers (RLECs) to deploy these products using RUS Broadband Loan and Grant programs. Recently, Riverstone became one of the first equipment vendors to receive carrier Ethernet compliance certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF).
Riverstone Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of carrier Ethernet infrastructure solutions for business and residential communications services. Riverstone's Ethernet router portfolio uniquely delivers the reliability that allows carriers to meet the triple play -- voice, video and data -- service requirements of their customers in a cost-effective and scalable way. Riverstone allows carriers to offer new services over existing revenue-generating networks permitting them to evolve to a next generation Ethernet infrastructure.
Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit www.lucent.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including without limitation statements regarding ETC's plans to enhance its network, offer additional services, reduce operating costs and its ability to remain competitive using Riverstone products are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include changes in the competitive environment in which ETC operates, changes in ETC's service strategy, the types of services it is able to offer, and unanticipated operating costs associated with Riverstone's equipment, along with those risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Riverstone Networks' SEC reports, including the reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2004. The company assumes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements
Riverstone Contact:
Amy Huitt
Riverstone Networks
1-408-878-6918
ahuitt@riverstonenet.com
Lucent Contact:
Denise Panyik-Dale
Lucent Technologies
973-386-2983 -- office
973-943-0832 -- mobile
dpanyikdale@lucent.com
SOURCE Riverstone Networks
10/03/2005 08:00 ET
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